Congratulations to the Cactus Clan for FTF
Part of the Sandy Lane series.
NEW LOCATION - due to recent works, old cache has been destroyed. New cache in place more or less in the same place. The Cache is on the OPPOSITE SIDE of the road to the Chapel - please DO NOT trespass into the chapel
Before you is The Wesleyan Chapel and Schoolroom. Originally built in 1850, the two original buildings flanked the northern side of Sandy Lane, side by side viewed from the road. The chapel held 100 in its day.
In poor condition by 1900, the chapel and schoolroom were replaced by one new building that stands before you now in March 1901. It was designed by Mortimer and Son of Lincoln and built by Charles Steadman of Woodhall Spa at a cost of just £400.
A vestry was incorporated and a stable, coach house and outbuildings completed the ensemble.
Mr Dale of Chapel Farm (the next building south east from the chapel) was in charge after the rebuild. Then Mr and Mrs Fixter in the 1920s, Mrs Fixter 'bashing and yawping' at the organ! In use as a chapel until the 1960's where it became a shooting lodge.
Recently purchased and extensively renovated in 2018, and is a now a beautiful PRIVATE residence.
History kindly reproduced from notes of local historian Edward Mayor